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Selling students short comes at an important time for higher education in Australia: funding uncertainties and questions over academic standards have never been more pronounced.
from www.shutterstock.com.auMay 19, 2015

The recent furore about academic standards in Australian higher education – including Monday's damning Four Corners expose – has the potential to bring not only desperately needed attention, but actual change, to the sector.

Some universities are doing okay, some are operating at losses.
AAPApril 20, 2015

With the release of some universities' annual reports over the last few weeks we're able to see how the universities are really faring. Is the financial situation really as dire as vice-chancellors say, as rosy as their detractors say, or somewhere in between?

International students provide universities with a large chunk of their revenue - but at what cost?
Faungg/FlickrApril 20, 2015

A new report from the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption says Australian universities have become increasingly reliant on income from fee-paying international students, and is letting academic standards slide for the valuable income stream.

The number of international students at Australian universities has increased significantly in the past decade.
Group of students from www.shutterstock.comApril 20, 2015